A lot of traffic? I think that is an understatement.
Up until this, the amount of bandwidth used by my sites and the other sites I host, averaged between 1.2G and 1.5G per month. I have already used 2.8G and the month isn't even half over.
If you are curious as to what it looks like when a site gets "lifehacker'd" take a look:
I am just so glad that I ditched free servers and that the hosting I pay for, the server can handle it and my account covers what ever amount of bandwidth I need.
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It has taken me awhile to be able to respond to this thread.
No, it's not that I was busy and didn't have the time, or that I didn't know the thread was here. I don't handle compliments very well. They usually make be feel very uncomfortable. But unless I responded, this thread would be like a party without the guest of honor. So I am obliged to do so. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to go run & hide, even if that is really what I feel like doing right now.
Sometimes I am amazed at what people like and make a big deal over, especially if it's something of mine that gets the attention.
I have often felt like a small child with their crayon scribbles on display with everyone around me patting me on the head and telling me how nice it is. I have felt as if the attention I was being given was undeserved. I am basically still a beginner with a lot to learn. What I did was no big deal.
And then I remind myself that there are plenty of people that can't handle 'hello world', nevermind anything more complex.
And I remember the folder on my hard drive, full of applications written by people I know, who supposedly know more about programming than I do. Most of these are unfinished, abandoned, horrible GUI's, or just very buggy.
And then I remember some of the stuff I have seen released as shareware and some of the crazy price tags attached to them....'painted turds' being passed off as 'fine art' that seem to be released for the purpose of greed.
While I may not have a very high opinion of the work I do, I guess I can understand why others do.
at the very least...
- I gave some time (not something everyone has)
- to write some code (not something everyone can do)
- and gave it away for free (not something everyone would do)
So...
Thanks for all the compliments & stuff.
I am going to go run & hide now, if that is ok?
